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Banned in Kansas : motion picture censorship, 1915-1966 /

"This first book-length study of state film censorship examines the unique political, social, and economic factors that led to its implementation in Kansas, taking a look at why censorship legislation was enacted, what the attitudes of Kansans were toward censorship, and why it lasted for half...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Butters, Gerald R., 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Progressivism and the new medium of film
  • Kansas and the fight over motion picture censorship
  • "We can hardly make any definite rules" : the difficulty of censorship as practice, 1915
  • The birth of a nation and Kansas
  • The battle lines are drawn, 1916-1917
  • World War I and the struggle against sin, 1917-1919
  • The Roaring Twenties, 1920-1927
  • The challenge of sound, 1928-1934
  • An age of maturity? 1934-1948
  • The moon is blue over Kansas, 1948-1954
  • Jane Russell, Brigitte Bardot, and Ephraim London as the enemy, 1954-1959
  • The final years of film censorship, 1960-1966.